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# seeth

verb, old form of «sees» (he, she, it)

«seeth» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

«seeth» means «sees», a form of «see»: To see is to notice something with your eyes: I see a bird. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/seeth/#m1)

### Then and now

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he seeth» = «he sees».

### Examples

- And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee; and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. (Torah EXO.4.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/seeth/#x1)
- Our heaviest grief the world oft seeth not, Our sorest pain we hide from stranger eyes: And for the sufferer there is nothing left But the green mound that o'er the coffin lies.” (Andersen's Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/seeth/#x2)
- The saying of him who heareth the words of God, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, fallen down, yet with opened eyes: (Torah NUM.24.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/seeth/#x3)

### Note

Today: sees.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «seeth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/seeth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«seeth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/seeth.html) on Mova free.